A Fortran Computer Program for the Analysis of Some Simple Characteristics of Sea-Surface Waves.

Abstract

This memorandum, which is based on equations and ideas coming mostly from the National Institute of Oceanography of the United Kingdom, describes a FORTRAN program to calculate the rms displacement of the sea surface from the mean sea level, the average zero-crossing period of the random surface, and some quantities related to the spectral width. The input requires the following four quantities coming from a ten-minute record of surface height as a function of time at a point: the number of positive zero-crossings, the number of positive crests, the largest crest, and the largest trough.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0879586

Entities

People

  • Melbourne G. Briscoe

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Crossings
  • Displacement
  • Equations
  • Oceanography
  • Sea Level
  • Surface Waves
  • United Kingdom
  • Waves

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers